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Crew members of the first B-29 bomber to land at Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 1945

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Caption     Crew members of the first B-29 bomber to land at Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 1945 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan
Date 10 Apr 1945
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps Claude R. Canup Collection
Identification Code   COLL/5361
 
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Photos on Same Day 10 Apr 1945
 
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Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 2,864 x 2,345 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed C. Peter Chen says:
19 Apr 2019 08:50:19 AM

Left to right:
Lieutenant William E. Robertson
Captain Robert Cordray
Lieutenant Eugene Ryan
Lieutenant Milton Frye
Lieutenant Robert Meisner
Corporal Joe Vasuta
Corporal Clayton VanDeVen
Corporal James Thompson
Corporal Marshall Fine
Technical Sergeant Robert Weirich
Staff Sergeant Joseph Merin

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